North Korea fired multiple unidentified ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea, the South Korean Joint Chief of Staffs (JCS) said Monday.

North Korea launched several ballistic missiles toward the Yellow Sea on Monday afternoon, Seoul's military said, on the first day of a large-scale joint U.S-South Korea military exercise on the Peninsula.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles on Monday, hours after condemning the South Korean and U.S. militaries for launching drills that Pyongyang called a "dangerous provocative act" that risked accidentally sparking a confrontation.